Leaving prison hours after Georgian Dream-elected President Mikheil Kavelashvili pardoned them, Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, two leaders of the opposition Lelo/Strong Georgia alliance, attributed their release to “manipulation” aimed at dividing the opposition. Kavelashvili’s move followed his earlier pledge to pardon the jailed opposition leaders if they would promise to take part in the …
